Wormholes

Its best to know what you're talking about when offering an opinion....people dont use battleships in wormhole pvp because of mass limitations on the wormholes. T3's offer the best ratio of dps/mass.

Better More information from the Minutes released today:

"Two step transitioned the discussion to Tech 3s and noted that many T3 pilots had concerns over Ytterbium’s view of T3 from the previous summit. Ytterbium went on to describe his vision for the relationship between T1, T2, and T3. T1, Ytterbium explained, would be general, but usable. T2 would be more specialized in certain roles than T1 while not being universally better. T3 would then be more general than T2, but able to do several unique things that T2 cannot. Ytterbium conceded that this was no simple task, and that T3 was a long ways away. Fozzie gave an example of a dynamic that they thought was good and brought up ships like the Proteus and Loki using their ewar subsystem. The Proteus, as Fozzie explained, was able to have a point-range bonus that was not as powerful as the T2 specialized ship (Lachesis, Arazu), however the Proteus was able to combine that role with a very sturdy armor tank; something that the more specialized T2 ships cannot do.

Two step added that the ability to change is good, but that it was only good if the ship was able to do this while in combat. Fozzie explained their vision that they want T3 to be able to mix and match capabilities that don’t otherwise exist. Using the Proteus he gave another example – combining the cloaking, high damage, and a comparatively bigger tank.

Two step explained that people in wormholes currently use T3s for heavy, reasonably high DPS platforms and that he thought this dynamic was good. Ytterbium disagreed completely and argued that T3s have a very high EHP, very good damage, and a good maneuverability. This combination, he continued, was simply too good. Greyscale pointed out Tengus, to which Two step replied that it was unwise to balance T3s based on Tengus. Two step argued that while Tengus are great for PvE, they weren’t very common for wormhole PvP and as such it would be ill-advised to “throw out the Legion with the Tengu bathwater”.

To further explain the vision between T1, T2, and T3, Ytterbium pulled up his Command Ship devblog. Ytterbium pointed out that command ships would be very specialized and would get the best bonuses, however they would be limited in their ability to fight and do other things. Ytterbium described that his vision for T3s would let T3s fit more diverse gang links, while being able to do other things – like fight, or use ewar – simultaneously.

Fozzie continued where Ytterbium left off and suggested that perhaps T3s would be able to have a fitting bonus to ganglinks to facilitate fitting more diverse links without having to gimp the ship. Elise asked if there was any thought to pairing the Command Ship, and later T3, changes with changes to how bonuses are applied to fleet. Elise argued that the current Fleet-Wing-Squad system bonus system was bad and it really detracted from the role of links. Ytterbium and Fozzie both agreed that the current system was severely flawed."

Source: Page 48 & 49

Fixed.

Don't forget that with the upcoming command ship changes the absolution will most likely be useless. Right now it is a better harbinger, soon it is a tanky harbinger with 200 dps and good links. See damnation, which is 99.8% useless for anything but boosting or bait.

yay.

Yup I saw that yesterday in the minute notes... I find it a bit sad and interesting at the same time. Anyway, it was just an example, it would work with any other hull size. If you want a more straigthforward example:

Omen (50M) T1 < Zealot (price x4) T2 = Working as intended
Zealot (200M) T2 < Legion (price x4, plus SP loss) T3 = OMG outrageous! Nerf!

So tell me, why on Earth should I spend hundreds of millions buying a T3 ship when for the same price I can buy some specialized ships that will do better than the T3 in each of the roles, and without even the SP loss risk?

So I fit my Legion for combat. Which roles exactly does it 'combine'?

Recon neuts and command ship tank

If T3's will get ehp and/or special ability (scram, web range etc.) nerf, these ships just will become useless, because nobody wants to loose 4-5 days of skills and 5-600m+ (generally more) ISK very often.

The best way is the T2 boost as many people said before me. If T2's will get boost to make them significantly better choice then its t1 variant to serve its own purpose the problem will disappear.
T1 still be useful because everybody can fly them who doesn't have the skills, ISK or just not in the mood to fly and loose expensive ships

Summarized:
T1's are currently good
T2's needs boost to make them better to ONE purpose than T3's
T3's are currently good

No, but we also don't need a Proteus HAC that is a Deimos glass cannon with SP loss.